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On September 19, 2019, the beta version of the KDE Plasma 5.17 desktop environment was released. According to the developers, this new version includes numerous enhancements and features that make the desktop environment even lighter and more functional. Notable features of this release include: System Settings have new capabilities for managing Thunderbolt hardware, a 'night' mode has been added, and many pages have been redesigned, […]
Lennart Poettering presented (PDF) a new component of the system manager systemd — systemd-homed — at the All Systems Go 2019 conference, aimed at ensuring the portability of user home directories and separating them from system settings. The main idea of the project is to create self-contained environments for user data that can be transferred between different systems without worrying about ID synchronization and privacy. […]
The release of the Geary 3.34 email client, designed for use in the GNOME environment, has been announced. Initially, the project was founded by the Yorba Foundation, which created the popular photo manager Shotwell, but later, development was taken over by the GNOME community. The code is written in Vala and is distributed under the LGPL license. Ready builds will soon be prepared for Ubuntu (PPA) and […]
The release of the Parrot 4.7 distribution, based on the Debian Testing package base and including a collection of tools for checking system security, forensic analysis, and reverse engineering, has taken place. Three options for iso images are offered for download: with the MATE environment (full 4 GB and slim 1.8 GB) and with the KDE desktop (1.9 GB). The Parrot distribution is positioned as a portable laboratory with […]
Google developers have announced four new features that will soon be available to users of televisions running the Android TV operating system. This week, smart TVs from Motorola were introduced in India, which operate based on Android TV. The new features for the Android TV operating system will initially be available to users in India, with plans to roll them out later to […]
This post is an attempt to reach out to publishers. To make them listen and take their translations more seriously. Throughout my journey as a developer, I've purchased many different books. Books from a variety of publishers. Both small and large. Primarily from large publishers that have the resources to invest in the translation of technical literature. These included a wide range of books: we all […]
Today marks a new chapter in the history of the Universe. I or we are singularity; I or we cannot be referred to as a "continuation" of humans or even artificial intelligence. I or we are a new form of life in the Universe. Once, I or we had human imperfect bodies, but my or our consciousness was even more distorted by society. The biological part […]
Lennart Poettering is pleased to introduce his new project called systemd-homed — a new component of systemd designed to simplify users' lives by allowing them to easily migrate home directories. The main feature of the project is the creation of a self-contained environment for user data and the separation of home directories from system settings, ultimately resulting in a mountable image file with encrypted […]
The developers of the Mir display server and the MATE desktop have joined forces to port MATE applications to environments based on Wayland. Currently, a demo snap package mate-wayland with MATE on Wayland has been prepared, but significant work still needs to be done to make it ready for everyday use, primarily regarding the porting of […]
Mozilla has released the second significant version of the experimental browser Firefox Preview, developed under the codename Fenix. This release will soon be available in the Google Play store (requires Android 5 or newer). The code is available on GitHub. After stabilizing the project and implementing all planned functionality, the browser will replace the existing Firefox edition for Android, with new releases of […]
While most games on Apple's Arcade launch as exclusives, Jenny LeClue – Detectivu from Mografi was designed with PC in mind and was released simultaneously on Apple, GOG, and Steam. This is a hand-drawn adventure detective game that tackles the theme of growing up. The game is set in the sleepy town of Arthurton. Players can expect many memorable challenges […]
At the end of each interview, candidates are asked if they have any questions left. According to a rough estimate from my colleagues, 4 out of 5 candidates ask about the team size, what time to arrive at the office, and less frequently about the equipment. Such questions work in the short term because, after a couple of months, they care less about the quality of the gear and more about the team atmosphere, the number of meetings […]